User:Iminiillusions/The Art of Dance: A Guide to Dancer

The Art of Dance: The Most Elegant Style of Combat

A Guide by Iminiillusions of Asura, formerly of Quetzalcoatl

A Brief Introduction

Dancer is a hybrid frontline dps/support job, and a fairly capable tank in lesser content. Dancer uses daggers to deal damage, and use the TP gained from said damage to buff and heal allies, as well as enfeeble enemies. ~ Iminiillusions ~ TalkContrib

Abilities

Job Abilities

Job Abilities
Job Ability	Description
Trance	1 Hour Ability. Reduces the TP cost of all job abilities to 0 and reduces the recast of all waltzes to seconds.
Contradance	Doubles the potency of the next waltz. Also turns Healing Waltz into a 10 yalm AoE.
Saber Dance	Merit Ability. Grants 50% double attack for the first 30 seconds of the ability duration, after which the effect degrades to 20%. Use of Saber Dance blocks the ability to use waltzes.
Fan Dance	Merit Ability. Grants +15 to enmity, and grants a 90% damage reduction bonus, which eventually decays to a minimum of 20%.
No Foot Rise	Merit Ability. Grants an immediate finishing move, plus an additional finishing move for each merit level.
Presto	Grants an additional finishing upon using a step and increases the daze level by two if possible.
Grand Pas	1 hour ability. Allows the use of flourishes without finishing moves.

Dances

Dances
Lvl. Name Sambas 5 Drain Samba 25 Aspir Samba 35 Drain Samba II 45 Haste Samba 60 Aspir Samba II 65 Drain Samba III		Lvl. Name Waltzes 15 Curing Waltz 25 Divine Waltz 30 Curing Waltz II 35 Healing Waltz 45 Curing Waltz III 70 Curing Waltz IV 78 Divine Waltz II 87 Curing Waltz V		Lvl. Name Steps 20 Quickstep 30 Box Step 40 Stutter Step 83 Feather Step Lvl. Name Jigs 25 Spectral Jig 55 Chocobo Jig 70 Chocobo Jig II
Lvl. Name Flourishes I 20 Animated Flourish 30 Desperate Flourish 45 Violent Flourish		Lvl. Name Flourishes II 40 Reverse Flourish 50 Building Flourish 60 Wild Flourish		Lvl. Name Flourishes III 80 Climactic Flourish 89 Striking Flourish 93 Ternary Flourish

Job Points

Job Points Job Point Category Description Effect per Tier Trance Effect Increases TP when Trance is activated. Increase TP by 100. Grand Pas Effect Increases damage while under the effects of Grand Pas. Increase damage by 1. Step Duration Increases the effect duration of all steps. Increase effect duration by 1. Samba Duration Increases the effect duration of all sambas. Increase duration by 2 seconds. Waltz Potency Increases Waltz potency. Increase Waltz potency by 2(*). Potency will increase by a fixed amount, not a percentage. Jig Duration Increases the effect duration of jigs. Increases effect duration by 1 second. Flourish I Effect Enhances the effect of Flourishes I. Enhance different effects depending on the flourish. Animated Flourish: Increase volatile enmity by 10. Desperate Flourish: Increase physical accuracy by 1. Violent Flourish: Increase additional effect: accuracy by 1. Flourish II Effect Enchances the effect of Flourishes II. Enhance different effects depending on the flourish. Reverse Flourish: Increase TP by 2. Building Flourish: Increase weapon skill damage by 1 percent. Wild Flourish: Increase skillchain damage by 1 percent. Flourishes III Effect Increases the charisma bonus from Flourishes III Increases charisma bonus by 1 percent. Contradance Effect Reduces Waltz TP consumption while under the effects of Contradance. Reduce TP consumption by 3 percent. Gift Description Required Total Job Points Spent Physical Defense Bonus Increases physical defense by 6. 5 Capacity Point Bonus Increases acquired capacity points by 5%. 5 Physical Attack Bonus Increases physical and ranged attack by 6. 10 Physical Evasion Bonus Increases physical evasion by 9. 20 Capacity Point Bonus Increases acquired capacity points by 7%. 25 Physical Accuracy Bonus Increases physical and ranged accuracy by 9. 30 Magic Evasion Bonus Increases magic evasion by 5. 45 Superior 1 Enables the player to equip items marked as Superior 1 (Su1). 50 Capacity Point Bonus Increases acquired capacity points by 9%. 55 Magic Accuracy Bonus Increases magic accuracy by 5. 60 "Subtle Blow" Effect Bonus Increases "Subtle Blow" effect by 3. 80 Capacity Point Bonus Increases acquired capacity points by 11%. 95 Superior 2 Enables the player to equip items marked as Superior 2 (Su2). 100 Maximum Finishing Moves Bonus Increases the maximum number of finishing moves that may be stored by 2. Up to 5 finishing moves may be consumed at once. 100 Critical Damage Bonus Increases critical damage dealt by 2%. 125 Capacity Point Bonus Increases acquired capacity points by 13%. 145 Skillchain Bonus Increases skillchain damage by 2%. 150 Physical Defense Bonus Increases physical defense by 9. 180 Capacity Point Bonus Increases acquired capacity points by 15%. 205 Physical Attack Bonus Increases physical and ranged attack by 9. 210 Physical Evasion Bonus Increases physical evasion by 14. 245 Capacity Point Bonus Increases acquired capacity points by 17%. 275 Physical Accuracy Bonus Increases physical and ranged accuracy by 14. 280 Magic Evasion Bonus Increases magic evasion by 8. 320 Capacity Point Bonus Increases acquired capacity points by 19%. 355 Magic Accuracy Bonus Increases magic accuracy by 8. 360 "Subtle Blow" Effect Bonus Increases "Subtle Blow" effect bonus by 3. 405 Capacity Point Bonus Increases acquired capacity points by 21%. 445 Critical Damage Bonus Increases critical damage dealt by 2%. 450 Superior 3 Enables the player to equip items marked as Superior 3 (Su3). 500 Skillchain Bonus Increases skillchain damage by 2%. 500 Capacity Point Bonus Increases acquired capacity points by 23%. 545 Dual Wield Effect Reduces attack delay by 5% when a weapon is equipped in each hand. 550 Physical Defense Bonus Increases physical defense by 12. 605 Capacity Point Bonus Increases acquired capacity points by 25%. 655 Physical Attack Bonus Increases physical and ranged attack by 12. 660 Physical Evasion Bonus Increases physical evasion by 18. 720 Capacity Point Bonus Increases acquired capacity points by 27%. 775 Physical Accuracy Bonus Increases physical and ranged accuracy by 18. 780 Magic Evasion Bonus Increases magic evasion bonus by 10. 845 Capacity Point Bonus Increases acquired capacity points by 29%. 905 Magic Accuracy Bonus Increases magic accuracy bonus by 10. 910 "Subtle Blow" Effect Bonus Increases "Subtle Blow" effect by 3. 980 Capacity Point Bonus Increases acquired capacity points by 31%. 1045 Critical Damage Bonus Increases critical damage dealt by 2%. 1050 Skillchain Bonus Increases skillchain damage by 2%. 1125 Capacity Point Bonus Increases acquired capacity points by 33%. 1195 Maximum Finishing Moves Bonus Increases the maximum number of finishing moves that may be stored by 2. Up to 5 finishing moves may be consumed at once. 1200 Physical Defense Bonus Increases physical defense by 15. 1280 Capacity Point Bonus Increases acquired capacity points by 35%. 1355 Physical Attack Bonus Increases physical and ranged attack by 15. 1360 Physical Evasion Bonus Increases physical evasion by 23. 1445 Physical Accuracy Bonus Increases physical and ranged accuracy by 23. 1530 Magic Evasion Bonus Increases magic evasion by 13. 1620 Magic Accuracy Bonus Increases magic accuracy by 13. 1710 Subtle Blow Effect Bonus Increases "Subtle Blow" effect by 4. 1805 Critical Damage Bonus Increases critical damage dealt by 2% 1900 Skillchain Bonus Increases skillchain damage by 2%. 2000 ★Master! Grants the designation "Master Headliner." Decreases the recast time of one-hour abilities by 15 minutes. 2100

Weapons

Ultimate Weapons

Name	Notes
Aeneas	Aeneas is our Aeonic Weapon. It is nice to have, but offers little benefit besides the ability to produce Ultimate Skillchains.
Terpsichore	Terpsichore is out Mythic Weapon. It is best in slot for a main hand dagger as it gives bonus to steps and step accuracy, as well as a bonus to Pyrrhic Kleos and the [[Mythic Aftermath].
Twashtar	Twashtar is our Empyrean Weapon. It is best in slot main hand before Terpsichore and best in slot off hand with. The DEX bonus is essential to Rudra's Storm.

Other Notable Weapons

Name	Notes
Polyhymnia	Polyhymnia is our JSE weapon from Oboro. It is a solid starting dagger for 119 iLvl.
Enchufla	Enchufla is a dagger that drops from Hanbi in Escha - Ru'Aun. The augment paths aren't terrible, and the Waltz Potency and Waltz Delay on it is fairly decent. Augmentable via Nolan.
Taming Sari	Taming Sari is a dagger that drops from Sinister Reign and is a solid dagger for from main hand use until you obtain a Ultimate Weapon. It is also a solid off hand if you happen to obtain multiple.
Skinflayer	Skinflayer is a drop from Reisenjima and is yet another good option until you obtain an Ultimate Weapon. It is augmentable via the RNG Augment system from Oseem.
Nibiru Knife	The Nibiru Knife is a drop from Escha - Zi'Tah and is augmentable. See Nolan for more information.

Gear Sets

These are your various gear sets, tiered accordingly.

TP Sets

Starter

Intermediate

High Tier

Weaponskill Sets

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